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amazon instant video. >> i want to thank amazon, jeff bezos. >> to amazon, my new best... friend. (audience laughing) >> bezos likes to joke about how, every time he wins a golden globe... h >> ...ps us sell more shoes. and it does that in a very direct way, because when peop... if you look at prime members, they, they buy more on amazon than non-pre members, and one of the reasons they do that is, once they've paid their annual feethey're looking around to see, "how can i get more value out of the program?" s they're trying to use t entertainment to get people into the pipeline. >> alexa, play "jack ryan" on fire tv. >> to keep them sitting wiin this structure that is amazon, where it becomes ts unthinking habit that's starting to pattern all these parts of our existence. >> so you're doing the media stuff to encourage people to use more of prime.ct >> cor >> amazon is represented at the academy awards.on ams the first streaming service nominated for best >> he's like one of the old studio bosses right now. he really enjoys havinispl e in the industry and really seems to relish b
amazon instant video. >> i want to thank amazon, jeff bezos. >> to amazon, my new best... friend. (audience laughing) >> bezos likes to joke about how, every time he wins a golden globe... h >> ...ps us sell more shoes. and it does that in a very direct way, because when peop... if you look at prime members, they, they buy more on amazon than non-pre members, and one of the reasons they do that is, once they've paid their annual feethey're looking around to see,...
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>> is amazon too big? >> i don't think amazon is too big. >> i think they have monopoly power. >> amazon has become an invasive species. >> so you think amazon should be broken up. >> oh, 100%. >> a journey. >> it's a business miracle. >> and a leader unlike any other. >> this is blue moon. >> i asked people at amazon to wake up every morning afraid, wake up terrified, be afraid of our customers. those are the people we have to pay attention to. >> a cnn special report. >> i can guarantee you one thing, it will be fun. >> "the age of amazon." ♪ >> how has the retail industry changed during this rise of amazon? >> well, you have this great white shark that's kind of looming offshore. >> great white shark? >> this thing does and can eat everything. >> despite holding only a small fraction of global retail sales, today amazon takes claim for nearly 50 cents of every dollar spent in online e-commerce in the united states, an astounding market dominance. you've called what jeff bezos has built a miracle. >> m
>> is amazon too big? >> i don't think amazon is too big. >> i think they have monopoly power. >> amazon has become an invasive species. >> so you think amazon should be broken up. >> oh, 100%. >> a journey. >> it's a business miracle. >> and a leader unlike any other. >> this is blue moon. >> i asked people at amazon to wake up every morning afraid, wake up terrified, be afraid of our customers. those are the people we have to...
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amazon is a highly powerful. feature it's naive to say my data belongs to me that sounds good but most people aren't clear about the meaning of that. supposed to mean. andreas was a chief scientist at amazon for only 60 months and that was a decade and a half ago today he travels the world as a doctor expert and a walking doctor machine anyone can find out when where and what he's doing at any time. and greetings from lispund world financial center here in new york one of the situations of not just a few of the small al. qaeda. fundraisers is in great demand as a speaker he advises companies around the world on data masses. pacis reputation as amazon's former chief scientist always follows him and gets him a long way even as far as the german chancellor. i'm convinced our government can only keep up with developments if we continue to seek external advice and that's exactly what we're doing by asking experts from the various fields to health and advise us in the digital council. to fight against andreas is one of
amazon is a highly powerful. feature it's naive to say my data belongs to me that sounds good but most people aren't clear about the meaning of that. supposed to mean. andreas was a chief scientist at amazon for only 60 months and that was a decade and a half ago today he travels the world as a doctor expert and a walking doctor machine anyone can find out when where and what he's doing at any time. and greetings from lispund world financial center here in new york one of the situations of not...
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of "amazon unbound". eugene: and also the company itself, the amazon that he is leading, his profile has completely changed from the first book until now. this conglomerate that is every business marketing that you can imagine. brad: we think back to amazon's battles with book publishers and how trivial the same now. in the larger scheme of things, not that those are they are significant issues with book industry that amazon was fighting with bookll publishersf the 999 kindle price. the availability of the number of e-books in the kindle store. and stripping suppliers and of the search results they weren't satisfying amazon. it was because of business was so strategic and this was 2011 and also into 22 oh. in the book business obviously still very rep. of amazon and its image and lot of people probably do still think of amazon is a bookseller. if it that is a minor part of his business, as a company that truly is the everything store now. one of its most important markets is no longer the can voice-activa
of "amazon unbound". eugene: and also the company itself, the amazon that he is leading, his profile has completely changed from the first book until now. this conglomerate that is every business marketing that you can imagine. brad: we think back to amazon's battles with book publishers and how trivial the same now. in the larger scheme of things, not that those are they are significant issues with book industry that amazon was fighting with bookll publishersf the 999 kindle price....
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very well and amazon in great customer reviews and then lonely hole they got it one day an amazon had created an exact knock on the amazon marketplace will cut both ways it groans companies access to a growing number of potential customers us also collects huge amounts of data for its own peppa says. products labeled as bestsellers or the deal of the day most successful the same goes for real supermarkets too for vendors the so-called buy boxes on amazon equally important a small check boxes on the website shopping screen but a low cost a must to place products directly into the shopping cart but the algorithm but determines which seller gets a buy box is kept secret what we do know is that pricing reviews and distance between product and cost them up all influence how sellers are ranked but the most promising key to success is f b a f be a means fulfillment by amazon vendors that agreed to this the 0 which essentially means paying more for amazon services have high a chances of scoring a buy books stacey mitchell has been monitoring amazon for 10 years and it's consistently causing h
very well and amazon in great customer reviews and then lonely hole they got it one day an amazon had created an exact knock on the amazon marketplace will cut both ways it groans companies access to a growing number of potential customers us also collects huge amounts of data for its own peppa says. products labeled as bestsellers or the deal of the day most successful the same goes for real supermarkets too for vendors the so-called buy boxes on amazon equally important a small check boxes on...
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and amazon did cooperate. they operate a couple of top executives like andy jassy and jeff loki and after jeff loki retired bezos would not talk to me in mackenzie scott as far as i can tell has done one interview with "vogue" magazined years ago as an intensely private person. >> host: maybe you could start with the first chapter of the book. i think there are a lot of great anecdotes about jillian role in coming up with the likes and the echo and the common thread is that bezos set the bar really high and be aimed for irrational goals. one quote every member about the products. how important was it in coming up with this device that arguably was the most successful device that they have come up with? >> guest: we will probably talk about amazon is a potential monopolist and a dominating force in american business so i don't mind and giving amazon credit and jeff bezos credit as an innovative company and that's how he likes to describe himself. when i dug into alexei was surprising because the real story had
and amazon did cooperate. they operate a couple of top executives like andy jassy and jeff loki and after jeff loki retired bezos would not talk to me in mackenzie scott as far as i can tell has done one interview with "vogue" magazined years ago as an intensely private person. >> host: maybe you could start with the first chapter of the book. i think there are a lot of great anecdotes about jillian role in coming up with the likes and the echo and the common thread is that...
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is running all of amazon retail. it is a remarkable story of innovation and the mastery of operations but in some sense the true cost of tech it's moved quickly without a lot of caution or appreciation for the unanticipated consequences might be. host: with clark, it seems he has a different reputation compared to wilkie or others that were liked or respected but clark has a track record to create enemies along the way. i think he calls himself to people that i serve to fire people. does that work in his new role? >> one way people can look at it is twitter. he is the unusual amazon ceo who will trade blows with people the thing about fred smith the ceo of fedex and takes a shot at him. and tends to critique coverage of amazon have you ever been the subject of a dave clark tweet? he will start throwing elbows. maybe it is even refreshingly combat of because most executives just say the staff quietly. but he says what he believes. the reputation and i talked to a time of amazon operation folks to put together my portr
is running all of amazon retail. it is a remarkable story of innovation and the mastery of operations but in some sense the true cost of tech it's moved quickly without a lot of caution or appreciation for the unanticipated consequences might be. host: with clark, it seems he has a different reputation compared to wilkie or others that were liked or respected but clark has a track record to create enemies along the way. i think he calls himself to people that i serve to fire people. does that...
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at the end of the day, amazon chose to leave. no one killed amazon. amazon walked off the field. they refuse to change their ways and they simply did not want to risk having to allow their employees to organize. which is outrageous. amazon has turned some of its supporters into enemies. governor bill de blasio said they gave amazon a chance to be a good neighbor. instead, they threw away that opportunity. if amazon cannot recognize what that is worth, it's competitors well. >> i think mayor de blasio is doing some damage control. he was a proponent of the deal his face.up in this is a catastrophic outcome for everyone involved. amazon was looking for a partner, which it fell it did not have any more in seattle. it conducted this very public search. it made mistakes in new york city. it should have trotted out jeff bezos more to help the steel. putting him in a room with politicians and councilman could've helped. i would like to ask the councilman, you're never going to change amazon's stripes. it has historically been antiunion when it comes to its fulfillment centers. these are
at the end of the day, amazon chose to leave. no one killed amazon. amazon walked off the field. they refuse to change their ways and they simply did not want to risk having to allow their employees to organize. which is outrageous. amazon has turned some of its supporters into enemies. governor bill de blasio said they gave amazon a chance to be a good neighbor. instead, they threw away that opportunity. if amazon cannot recognize what that is worth, it's competitors well. >> i think...
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amazon. we both knew the journalist brad stone, who has written two of them and but walmart, you know, despite size, despite their power and influence, really hadn't a big important written about them since 26. book called the walmart. and that book actually, if i'm not mistaken, did not amazon once in it because of the timing of it. and so there's walmart has gone through this classic case of the innovator's dilemma as they've to figure out online retail and catch up to amazon in some ways. and i just thought it was a really story, the tenure of the ceo, doug, who has tried to lead reinvention, you know, has been day to day in news publications, some great journalists, but not in a deep thorough way. and each company influences each other's strategies so much over time that i just thought it was a story that hadn't been told. and as the two biggest employers in this country with so much influence, you know, now was the time. yeah, i agree. there's there's not that good books about. walmart.
amazon. we both knew the journalist brad stone, who has written two of them and but walmart, you know, despite size, despite their power and influence, really hadn't a big important written about them since 26. book called the walmart. and that book actually, if i'm not mistaken, did not amazon once in it because of the timing of it. and so there's walmart has gone through this classic case of the innovator's dilemma as they've to figure out online retail and catch up to amazon in some ways....
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with amazon a lot as a retailer, but it's really, it's a mistake to think of amazon that way. amazon is a company that really wants to control the underlying infrastructure of the economy . so wants to be the platform on which all buying and selling happens. it wants to be basically the interface between all buyers and sellers, and it is a major part of the, the cloud on it's amazon web services controls about a 3rd of the world's cloud computing capacity. and increasingly, it's moving into shipping and package delivery. there isn't anything in history that's quite like amazon. i mean, it's completely a new thing. we've never really encountered anything like this, but you can think about it in some ways, like a railroad in the sense that that's what amazon controls and lots of other companies need access to that in order to get to market. that's an incredibly powerful position. i don't think amazon has any other competitor that could potentially challenge it. i think the only thing that could stop amazon today would be government intervention. imac, either with more of my guid
with amazon a lot as a retailer, but it's really, it's a mistake to think of amazon that way. amazon is a company that really wants to control the underlying infrastructure of the economy . so wants to be the platform on which all buying and selling happens. it wants to be basically the interface between all buyers and sellers, and it is a major part of the, the cloud on it's amazon web services controls about a 3rd of the world's cloud computing capacity. and increasingly, it's moving into...
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amazon has a 150% turnover rate. workers come into these warehouses, they are worked as hard as humanly possible and then they leave, often across. and that new set of workers comes in to replace them. amazon has been penalized more than 75 million dollars for breaking federal discrimination and labor laws. amazon mis-classifies delivery drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees, to evade tax wage and benefit responsibilities. amazon's inadequate work lay safety policies -- workplace safety policies pose a great workplace risk, we hope to discuss that later today. if you can believe it, esther graham, senator graham, this is an astounding fact. according to a new york times investigation, amazon has a 150% turnover rate. 150%. workers come into these warehouses, they are worked as hard as humanly possible. then, they leave. often, crushed. a whole set of new workers comes into replace them. is that really the kind of business model that we should be rewarding with massive, federal contracts? further,
amazon has a 150% turnover rate. workers come into these warehouses, they are worked as hard as humanly possible and then they leave, often across. and that new set of workers comes in to replace them. amazon has been penalized more than 75 million dollars for breaking federal discrimination and labor laws. amazon mis-classifies delivery drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees, to evade tax wage and benefit responsibilities. amazon's inadequate work lay safety policies --...
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directly on amazon this. hitting small and medium sized businesses especially hard and they are dependent on participating in amazon's expensive shipping program to remain competitive on the platform. james thompson created the marketplace for amazon today he consults other companies on how to successfully sell products there goes your product show up in organic search results does your product have good customer conversion it all comes back you do in fact use amazon to do your fulfillment so that's one example where as a seller you basically have to accept that if you want to store the platform you're going to have to use the shipping program to be relevant amazon has also started selling its own products directly on its platform in 2009 company founded jeff bezos started the company amazon basics this brand sells everyday products often at bargain prices and the grave is constantly growing because amazon has a very long term perspective they're prepared to lose a little bit of money here in their own indivi
directly on amazon this. hitting small and medium sized businesses especially hard and they are dependent on participating in amazon's expensive shipping program to remain competitive on the platform. james thompson created the marketplace for amazon today he consults other companies on how to successfully sell products there goes your product show up in organic search results does your product have good customer conversion it all comes back you do in fact use amazon to do your fulfillment so...
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amazon is a leader and every publisher needs to be on amazon and work with amazon and make sure consumers and get the content. and also the overall media business is not a disruptive. to answer your question, yes, we will see these negotiations going forward. consumers are consuming more digital and that is not changing. asif machette holds firm paul said they should, who will win in the end? amazon is a giant. >> amazon is a giant and they have the leverage given their 6% share of the e-book market. there has to be a compromise down the road. machette is fighting the fight not only for itself but the industry overall because we'll have to see the other publishing houses follow-up with the deals of their own. they are really having to look as the machette/amazon template for how this relationship is going to go for it. it critical deal not only for machette but in the industry overall. >> ron josey and politics when he. -- paul sweeney. what about the authors who are impacted, we have 2 of the most vocal critics next on "the best of the west." ♪ >> welcome back to the best of west. whil
amazon is a leader and every publisher needs to be on amazon and work with amazon and make sure consumers and get the content. and also the overall media business is not a disruptive. to answer your question, yes, we will see these negotiations going forward. consumers are consuming more digital and that is not changing. asif machette holds firm paul said they should, who will win in the end? amazon is a giant. >> amazon is a giant and they have the leverage given their 6% share of the...
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what is true is that amazon actually benefits from counterfeits amazon and uses than and as leverage against suppliers so we saw this a few years ago with the shoe company birkenstock they had been complaining to amazon because there were lot of counterfeit birkenstocks on the site and they could not get amazon to do anything about it and eventually amazon said oh yeah you have to sell us your full line issues on the terms that we want and then we'll clean up the counterfeits. those that do find a way. may find if they're successful or 2 or 3 years in the actually begin to build up a bit of a business doing it and hire people and wow this really works well once they sort of get to a certain size certain amount of sales it is though amazon kind of notices them at that point and then it starts to get harder suddenly there are more fees and it becomes more and more costly and more and more difficult to be successful the more successful a kompany is on amazon the more expensive it gets for them to use the platform to sell it sounds like a pretty bad deal for individual salads can we as c
what is true is that amazon actually benefits from counterfeits amazon and uses than and as leverage against suppliers so we saw this a few years ago with the shoe company birkenstock they had been complaining to amazon because there were lot of counterfeit birkenstocks on the site and they could not get amazon to do anything about it and eventually amazon said oh yeah you have to sell us your full line issues on the terms that we want and then we'll clean up the counterfeits. those that do...
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it's not that amazon, that amazon views food as a project, amazon views food as being strategic. if amazon can convince consumers to order groceries from them to turn to amazon for groceries and food throughout the year for all of their grocery needs, amazon then can easily convert them to buying additional products. ah, that amazon sells, whether it's furniture or clothing or anything else. whole foods has been said to be a trojan horse for amazon to expand its retail offerings. got amazon osh day when foods boots rosel shortly. amazon's purchase of whole foods brought big changes. amazon began lowering prices on iconic products such as of a condos bananas and chicken sincere cur. suck. unlocked was suppliers were told that some of their products were too expensive for amazon, and they needed to lower their prices. so carried the top devonian, those who had only a few good than their assortment, couldn't keep bother, and other suppliers had to accept the new conditions so that the price is at whole foods could generally be lowered whenever you walk into a whole food store. you w
it's not that amazon, that amazon views food as a project, amazon views food as being strategic. if amazon can convince consumers to order groceries from them to turn to amazon for groceries and food throughout the year for all of their grocery needs, amazon then can easily convert them to buying additional products. ah, that amazon sells, whether it's furniture or clothing or anything else. whole foods has been said to be a trojan horse for amazon to expand its retail offerings. got amazon osh...
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when workers try to organize, amazon breaks the law. when workers raise their voices, amazon does whatever it takes to shut them up. because amazon is terrified of the power workers have when they work collectively. sadly while they act with impunity to break the law the government saw fit to reword 10 billion federal contract for cloud computing services while the government was spending taxpayer dollars on amazon's web services the company reportedly spent $20,000 per week on union consultants in staten island alone. what's more alarming as we know the numbers barely scratch the surface of what amazon spent to prevent workers from having any voice whatsoever on the job. americans have the fundamental right to join a union together and bargain collectively over the terms of their employment. the federal government under the national labor relations act has a mandate to encourage worker organizing collective bargaining and to promote equality of bargaining power between employers and employees. as president biden's organizing empowermen
when workers try to organize, amazon breaks the law. when workers raise their voices, amazon does whatever it takes to shut them up. because amazon is terrified of the power workers have when they work collectively. sadly while they act with impunity to break the law the government saw fit to reword 10 billion federal contract for cloud computing services while the government was spending taxpayer dollars on amazon's web services the company reportedly spent $20,000 per week on union...
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compare it to that. >> can't have another prime day if you're not amazon speaking of amazon check out shares of best buy, getting crushed this morning, recode reporting amazon's quietly building its own version of best buy's famous geek squad. think alexa consultations and products that service live in seven markets. thought amazon killed best buy once, they didn't. i'm not sure this really kills best buy, though i mean, if you're going to shop at best buy, for that installation service, are you really going to go to amazon it's two different streams of buying it could help amazon get share wallet, but i'm not sure a best buy shopper shopping because it was local and they were just walking in is now going to go to amazon. >> you wanted to look around part of the case for best buy, certain products you want to sample in person i will say in terms of the stock reaction to best buy this news caught the stock kind of perched on a him right there a huge outperformer year to date maybe that's why it was more of a dramatic pullback. >> joining us into this conversation we want to welcome fro
compare it to that. >> can't have another prime day if you're not amazon speaking of amazon check out shares of best buy, getting crushed this morning, recode reporting amazon's quietly building its own version of best buy's famous geek squad. think alexa consultations and products that service live in seven markets. thought amazon killed best buy once, they didn't. i'm not sure this really kills best buy, though i mean, if you're going to shop at best buy, for that installation service,...
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we focus on indigenous rights and the conservation of the amazon, amazon. i was actually feel producing problems during the amazon fire is in 2019 right. thanks for being with us, mio, andrea hello, everyone. my name is andre. i represent an n g o. in brazil, college opa, which works for the defense salvages no dregs, gray and elise, i thank you so much for following writing us and i nice your extra i should be, which is also. and then you also in this, in my to grosso, as, and we met one of the state. that's more this one of these key. great. all right, well let me, let me ask you the amazon's been referred to for years as the lungs of our planet, meaning it sucks in all the c o 2 and it puts out oxygen. that's still true. well, that's still true. as we heard from dr. chris for it's reaching a tipping point where even though most of the amazon is doing fact, then it stops having those capabilities, which is of course, would be a tragedy for the whole world. but while when we were there, when i was there and i was part of the team on the ground there, i thi
we focus on indigenous rights and the conservation of the amazon, amazon. i was actually feel producing problems during the amazon fire is in 2019 right. thanks for being with us, mio, andrea hello, everyone. my name is andre. i represent an n g o. in brazil, college opa, which works for the defense salvages no dregs, gray and elise, i thank you so much for following writing us and i nice your extra i should be, which is also. and then you also in this, in my to grosso, as, and we met one of...
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amazon has over 10,000 affiliate's in the state driving business to amazon every single day. what ab 153 would do is state very clearly that those affiliate's relationships, the sales agents for them sun and others, create business in the state and therefore should collect sales tax. amount to briefly explain the notion of the affiliate's and sales agent. there are affiliate's who are, for instance, schools. mice -- my son's school was an amazon affiliate's. they said if we went to the website and bought a copy of the book the fifth grade class was reading, amazon would give them a little kick back. authors do this themselves to sell their books. they send people on their web sites to amazon and get a commission back. amazon will tell you that those people, sales agents, are creating a link on their web site. amazon -- we could argue that point. there are many other affiliates who have e-mail lists and websites. amazon provides weekly list of specials, just like what you get when stay in your mail from what the market are safe with, the things you get from local stores. emma'
amazon has over 10,000 affiliate's in the state driving business to amazon every single day. what ab 153 would do is state very clearly that those affiliate's relationships, the sales agents for them sun and others, create business in the state and therefore should collect sales tax. amount to briefly explain the notion of the affiliate's and sales agent. there are affiliate's who are, for instance, schools. mice -- my son's school was an amazon affiliate's. they said if we went to the website...
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amazon is king. david: it may be a brilliant deal but woodhead have happened without pressure on whole foods? howard: whole foods is in the tank. when you go in the tank and you are a public company you start to get your brains fried out by investors. that is the game. if you don't like it, stay private. as a public company you get money, you get liquidity, and one of the negatives that comes with it is you get a bunch of guerrillas sometimes who by your start kicking you around and foresee sometimes to do things you do not like. it is part of being a public company. it is not all fun. whole foods has been on a major trend downward and there is a lot of new competition in the organics business across the board. kroger has been kicking there but, walmart has improved. ie's is building thousands of new stores. , anday they are positioned trader joe's is a lot better than whole foods and by the way, a lot cheaper and it is owned by aldi so there's a lot of stuff going on. i think that amazon will clean
amazon is king. david: it may be a brilliant deal but woodhead have happened without pressure on whole foods? howard: whole foods is in the tank. when you go in the tank and you are a public company you start to get your brains fried out by investors. that is the game. if you don't like it, stay private. as a public company you get money, you get liquidity, and one of the negatives that comes with it is you get a bunch of guerrillas sometimes who by your start kicking you around and foresee...
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of course conserving the amazon, conserving the amazon in brazil, in the of the countries that the amazon spans is a service that is provided to the rest of the world. because as a term that has come out that some people use and i particularly like, we can go into the explanation of this term from is the amazon is really a carbon bomb in the sense that it retains a lot of carbon under the soil. and the moment that you start d4 sting, this carbon is released into the atmosphere in very, very large quantities. so the service that is being provided by keeping the forest in fact, is that of keeping all of that carbon underneath the ground. and it is an issue of how to actually set up payments for this kind of environmental services which would be very beneficial from the point of view of incentivizing governments, particular governments that have recently taken different stances on deforestation. it provides a powerful incentive for them to change the policies back to one of preserving and conserving. this is an area where the international community have to think more about and has to do som
of course conserving the amazon, conserving the amazon in brazil, in the of the countries that the amazon spans is a service that is provided to the rest of the world. because as a term that has come out that some people use and i particularly like, we can go into the explanation of this term from is the amazon is really a carbon bomb in the sense that it retains a lot of carbon under the soil. and the moment that you start d4 sting, this carbon is released into the atmosphere in very, very...
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line we had to bring me have a great leadership and amazon also pushes its messages through t.v. it's created an anti union website for its employees and bombards them with text messages telling them to vote no the company declined to be interviewed but provided us with this state amazon already offers what unions are requesting for employee industry leading pay comprehensive benefits opportunities for career growth via ability to communicate directly with the leadership of the company nowhere in that state to amazon acknowledge the grievances employees have raised about their work environment and the surveillance technology used to monitor their every move as for their ability to communicate with management reporters who deal with amazon employees say that's not how they see it on the warehouse full. this is a classic lie and every company uses when trying to fight a union. they paint the union as a 3rd party that's going to come between you and the manager or a working people has been devalued for a long time said jennifer bates is one of the workers at the bessemer warehouse w
line we had to bring me have a great leadership and amazon also pushes its messages through t.v. it's created an anti union website for its employees and bombards them with text messages telling them to vote no the company declined to be interviewed but provided us with this state amazon already offers what unions are requesting for employee industry leading pay comprehensive benefits opportunities for career growth via ability to communicate directly with the leadership of the company nowhere...
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back to amazon. ceo jeff bezos announcing he will be stepping down from his role and that andy jaffe will become the next ceo. this coming on a day that amazon reported income and net sales beating estimates. the cofounder joins me on the phone. melissa, a longtime former amazon employee, you worked there for many years. this simply who has been covering the company for a long time, it certainly came as a surprise. curious for your take >> i think there is a signal when jeff wilkie announced he was retiring, that he would be the paper. that was about a year ago. kind of knew this was coming. andy jassy is, he has been with amazon since 1997. the inception of aws. he has led arguably amazon's most profitable business unit. i think it leaves patent -- leaves jeff bezos with somebody at the helm that he can really trust and can tackle the problems amazon has ahead of them, like health care, logistics delivery, a lot of great inventions and innovations. i think andy jassy will be a great leader to do tha
back to amazon. ceo jeff bezos announcing he will be stepping down from his role and that andy jaffe will become the next ceo. this coming on a day that amazon reported income and net sales beating estimates. the cofounder joins me on the phone. melissa, a longtime former amazon employee, you worked there for many years. this simply who has been covering the company for a long time, it certainly came as a surprise. curious for your take >> i think there is a signal when jeff wilkie...
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i have to think amazon decision after amazon so you with the foxconn jobs in wisconsin without subsidies were not panning out. that in my opinion changed public opinion on this as well. melissa: lindsay, the flipside, amazon would not pay enough tax, they had gotten a sweetheart deal. is the answer keep amazon away or cut the tax burden to others that are carrying the load? >> the congressman said the best point of all, 27 million of revenue in new york over 25 years. the return on that 3 billion-dollar investment. so that is a pretty good investment. what they're doing chasing amazon out is absolutely the wrong idea. aoc might have won the twitter war against big bad corporate greed in america but they have lost the reality of new jobs, good jobs, high-paying jobs and more tax revenue coming into this city. melissa: if nothing else they would get revenue on income to those people. regardless, stick around. thanks to both of you. connell? connell: all right. melissa i want to bring in our buddy jonas max ferris, max funds.com contributor. he is here with me. beautiful long island city wa
i have to think amazon decision after amazon so you with the foxconn jobs in wisconsin without subsidies were not panning out. that in my opinion changed public opinion on this as well. melissa: lindsay, the flipside, amazon would not pay enough tax, they had gotten a sweetheart deal. is the answer keep amazon away or cut the tax burden to others that are carrying the load? >> the congressman said the best point of all, 27 million of revenue in new york over 25 years. the return on that 3...
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i cannot blame amazon for doing it. cannot blame the cities for taking the bait and putting out all this money. >> you agree with bernie sanders that they need to pay more tax? >> i agree it is not a good idea for cities to compete. the service economy is an unfair economy in general. it is not manufacturing. it is decentralized. companies can pay what they want. workers have no comparisons. it does not seem like it is a reasonable thing for a city to decide they are the ones that can control the service economy salaries. warehousesas opened in france. they rolled out the red carpet for them, the government. >> that is right. walmart is making three times as much in sales as amazon. they are employing 2 million people. as you were saying earlier, amazon is employing about 600,000 people. comparables somewhat between walmart and amazon in terms of sales per employee. when we say y they are destroyig jobs or compare it to walmart, you can see it is not as clear as it may seem. >> but wasn't that the argument when lamar ca
i cannot blame amazon for doing it. cannot blame the cities for taking the bait and putting out all this money. >> you agree with bernie sanders that they need to pay more tax? >> i agree it is not a good idea for cities to compete. the service economy is an unfair economy in general. it is not manufacturing. it is decentralized. companies can pay what they want. workers have no comparisons. it does not seem like it is a reasonable thing for a city to decide they are the ones that...
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he has made the amazon very similar to the amazon river and now for many of the 310. million users of this site, it is unimaginable to leave a day without amazon, however, if we travel to the amazon forests, maybe our opinion will change completely. what we see from a distance is very different from the reality of amazon. barns and noble was the largest bookstore in the united states for many years. this bookstore, which started in 1886 in new york, now has nearly 627 retail stores across the united states. this book store is one of the most important competitors that was pushed out of the book market by amazon, and now has to close several of its stores every year. maybe the fade of this book store is the same fade as the borders bookstore which finally surrendered in 2011 after 32 years of experience and declared bankrupcy. another thousand small book stores filed for bankrupcy between 2000 and 2007. now amazon's share of the printed book market is about 50% and this year in the ebook market is about. about 75%. but the question is, how could amazon bring? such a disaster to traditi
he has made the amazon very similar to the amazon river and now for many of the 310. million users of this site, it is unimaginable to leave a day without amazon, however, if we travel to the amazon forests, maybe our opinion will change completely. what we see from a distance is very different from the reality of amazon. barns and noble was the largest bookstore in the united states for many years. this bookstore, which started in 1886 in new york, now has nearly 627 retail stores across the...
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there was no amazon? because we talk a lot about how, winners and losers. if there was no amazon, like, what exactly would we have done? what would have happened to the economy? melissa: i would have spent spea lot less money. >> at the risk much being a contrarian, when i was a very little boy the department store in chicago, marshall fields delivered anything you wanted them to deliver directly to your door. i'm not minimizing what amazon has done. i have just think it's a little silly to say we wouldn't get home deliveries if it weren't for the blessed amazon. david: we should count our lucky stars. melissa: i had no idea adam was that old? >> i am well-preserved. melissa: okay. let's go to lauren simonetti. right now looks like we have the second quarter numbers out of alphabet. parent company of google. lauren: guys, another massive beat. earnings per share, 10.13 versus estimate of $8.21. big beat on revenue too, $38.3 billion in the quarter compared to 37.37 billion. so, again, one of the big tech
there was no amazon? because we talk a lot about how, winners and losers. if there was no amazon, like, what exactly would we have done? what would have happened to the economy? melissa: i would have spent spea lot less money. >> at the risk much being a contrarian, when i was a very little boy the department store in chicago, marshall fields delivered anything you wanted them to deliver directly to your door. i'm not minimizing what amazon has done. i have just think it's a little silly...
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>> amazon is a big cnglomerate . there are so many businesses that amazon is in, retailer and marketplace business. amazon web services and logistics businesses and devices. today is a conglomerate business. i think any business size brings complexity and size brings the need for over site and so i do think that scrutiny on all of these large companies needed. >> should we think of amazon as an operating system? >> certain parts of it is an interesting question. certain parts of it i think do have some of the essences of an operating system. i think some of their supply change capabilities where they are providing tools to othe sellers to help managen stt bec operating system, echo and alex voice operating system. i t amazon that has some of the operating system. >> that's maybe where amazon maybe does get the attention of government oversight or whatnot is when it is full staff. i say something to echo and it goes and delivered and then it is a third party that's part of amazon's infrastructure environment. they're
>> amazon is a big cnglomerate . there are so many businesses that amazon is in, retailer and marketplace business. amazon web services and logistics businesses and devices. today is a conglomerate business. i think any business size brings complexity and size brings the need for over site and so i do think that scrutiny on all of these large companies needed. >> should we think of amazon as an operating system? >> certain parts of it is an interesting question. certain parts...
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back towards amazon. so if you decide i'm going to use 3rd party delivery systems, not amazon directly, i'm going to use logistic systems that are separate from amazon. amazon is varying the search results for you, and instead they're giving a higher advantage to companies that use them. and again, this may be a whole other set of antitrust, again, unfairly treating those 3rd party groups better. we could do a whole show on this boom bust host, ben swan, thanks for breaking it down for us today. you got it and that's it for this time. you can catch boom bust on demand on the brand new portable t.v.'s, which is available on smartphones and tablets through google play in the apple app store by searching portable t.v. . or what if you could also be downloaded onto a model them smart t.v.'s as well as roku devices or simply go to portable t.v. see you next time. there are tactics that can be used to get innocent people to confess to crimes. they didn't commit. i don't even think people in the us really get th
back towards amazon. so if you decide i'm going to use 3rd party delivery systems, not amazon directly, i'm going to use logistic systems that are separate from amazon. amazon is varying the search results for you, and instead they're giving a higher advantage to companies that use them. and again, this may be a whole other set of antitrust, again, unfairly treating those 3rd party groups better. we could do a whole show on this boom bust host, ben swan, thanks for breaking it down for us...
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amazon's illegal agreements. all of these agreement reduce an online marketplace ability to compete with amazon's marketplace on price and results in consumers getting artificially high prices. even outside of this litigation, small businesses have complained and complained amazon has strong business ideas and got them off amazon's own. >> attorney general, i will have to stop you here in a minute, we've got about five minutes for each of our witnesses but we will be able to ask you some questions because i definitely want to hear this. is that okay? >> absolutely, i am happy to stop right here. >> great, okay, thank you so much. appreciate it. mr. flynn, you are recognized for five minutes you need to hit your button. >> chairman warren, ranking member cassidy, members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to speak with you today on this fundamentally important topic. i direct the open markets answer to ed it's good to see you today. economics of the governing of how people compete with an exercise powe
amazon's illegal agreements. all of these agreement reduce an online marketplace ability to compete with amazon's marketplace on price and results in consumers getting artificially high prices. even outside of this litigation, small businesses have complained and complained amazon has strong business ideas and got them off amazon's own. >> attorney general, i will have to stop you here in a minute, we've got about five minutes for each of our witnesses but we will be able to ask you some...
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amazon could. i just don't think amazon wants to directly take on netflix. the golden ring is prime. they want to use video to get people to become prime members and to stay prime members, because then they will spend a lot more than just $10 per month with amazon. they will spend hundreds with amazon because they will keep buying products and services from them. then there is apple, potentially. they have the cash to do something. i just don't think they have the reach beyond the apple ecosystem. they can't play as strong in international markets, in android markets, as netflix can. they are both very substantial long-term competitors. i just think, every year that passes now, i think the competitive challenge or the competitive moat around netflix's business gets deeper and wider, because of the sub base and the content table spend keeps rising. emily: amazon ceo jeff bezos has just published his annual letter to shareholder. they are continuing to invest, expand the customer base, 100 million paid prime members. 2017 was the best year yet for hardware sal
amazon could. i just don't think amazon wants to directly take on netflix. the golden ring is prime. they want to use video to get people to become prime members and to stay prime members, because then they will spend a lot more than just $10 per month with amazon. they will spend hundreds with amazon because they will keep buying products and services from them. then there is apple, potentially. they have the cash to do something. i just don't think they have the reach beyond the apple...
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offered by amazon offered by amazon in all the markets. and this is why of course i would take an interest in. the digital council is meeting for the 1st time today and on train is getting ready to meet the chancellor. yeah let's see what the day brings. angela merkel has called on just 10 experts to ensure that germany does not miss the digital connection there's another familiar face there too. and if you would have been out before the meeting with mrs merkel victim what should be said that did. i miss how are you today didn't like it i'm great. the meeting in the digital council is strictly confidential of course. but also on his agenda today posting his selfie with the chancellor and his book and even shooting a video with the late chancellor konrad adenauer. i don't i'm addressed by this is the end of the meeting of the 1st day off do you get tired out digitizer bored of germany because i'm going to work at a cabinet morning with some interesting ideas. the value of good in us and now we're due briefing and figuring out what shall we
offered by amazon offered by amazon in all the markets. and this is why of course i would take an interest in. the digital council is meeting for the 1st time today and on train is getting ready to meet the chancellor. yeah let's see what the day brings. angela merkel has called on just 10 experts to ensure that germany does not miss the digital connection there's another familiar face there too. and if you would have been out before the meeting with mrs merkel victim what should be said that...
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so we need the amazon to brief. we need the amazon for global biodiversity we need the amazon. for protecting our climate. the amazon you might have heard of the amazon is the largest tropical rainforest also has one of the largest rivers on the planet and above the river the amazon river or the flying rivers which are the atmospheric rivers which regulate our global weather system without the flying rivers our entire global weather system is destabilized. and the reason why. of the flying rivers can be taken off course is because of increased the forestation caused by these fires and many other threats. this is one of the many images that you'll see if you travel to the rainforests. arm how many of you've actually been to the rain forest. a lot of you armed and for those of you who have been. once you've been just like once you know you can't go back that's what happened to me when i went to the amazon rainforest when i was twenty one years old. i went to learn about plants i wanted to study study ethnobotany. and my life took a different course once i met indigenous peoples w
so we need the amazon to brief. we need the amazon for global biodiversity we need the amazon. for protecting our climate. the amazon you might have heard of the amazon is the largest tropical rainforest also has one of the largest rivers on the planet and above the river the amazon river or the flying rivers which are the atmospheric rivers which regulate our global weather system without the flying rivers our entire global weather system is destabilized. and the reason why. of the flying...
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is it fair to pick on amazon? >> i think there's always more do.k to do -- work t 7% ofe companies, only board seats are held by women. amazon is at 30%, but not at parity. there will always be more. emily: one of the issues that has been highlighted, the wall street journal just had a big story about founder control and the amount of control tech ceos have, special stock dispensations, special voting rights, influence over the company. we have seen how that can work in the wrong direction like at uber. is that part of the problem when it comes to the lack of board diversity? >> absolutely. we can think about that in a lot of different ways. ethnic, kurt jewell -- virtual -- ethnic, cultural, dispersion of power. dangerous, ass you pointed out. we have seen the report of that like at uber. i think it's very important the power remains distributed so the board can play its role in corporate governance and have oversight power. emily: a bank study found that while more startups are focused on diversity and inclusion
is it fair to pick on amazon? >> i think there's always more do.k to do -- work t 7% ofe companies, only board seats are held by women. amazon is at 30%, but not at parity. there will always be more. emily: one of the issues that has been highlighted, the wall street journal just had a big story about founder control and the amount of control tech ceos have, special stock dispensations, special voting rights, influence over the company. we have seen how that can work in the wrong...
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it would grow back again in 40 years it's not easy to destroy the amazon it's very strong all the amazons not going to die will be dead 1st. birthday party at the gomez's house the farmers here are doing well they have cause to celebrate. at last they have a president who represents their interests. they all moved here from other parts of brazil. that most arrived during the dictatorship when the hunter hatched a plan to colonize the amazon. the generals claimed the rain forest provided foreign powers with avenues to invade brazilian territory. underboss noro the knives have been sharpened his talk of foreign powers using the fires as a pretext to interfere in brazil sovereignty has fueled decades of nationalist paranoia sit down well we live in a wealthy state that is persecuted by all kinds of n.g.o.s by bad mouth us brazilians accusing us of burning down the amazon as he later became a mouse like you guys just defies i.q. of course by foreign countries adjust after our riches our mineral resources. there are always fires in the amazon at this time of year in summer the dry season this
it would grow back again in 40 years it's not easy to destroy the amazon it's very strong all the amazons not going to die will be dead 1st. birthday party at the gomez's house the farmers here are doing well they have cause to celebrate. at last they have a president who represents their interests. they all moved here from other parts of brazil. that most arrived during the dictatorship when the hunter hatched a plan to colonize the amazon. the generals claimed the rain forest provided foreign...
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the media amazon amazon is also manufacturing more and more products and selling them under the amazon name and amazon will then take over the market stalls themselves will no longer be any diversity as an industry to some kind of nightmare market with jeff bezos behind every stand. it's a planned economy with someone in the middle who knows everything and can do everything on a list. it's not gone unnoticed. here for example more and more money is being spent in online trading and amazon share is growing and so this process is the skepticism ready miss them a great if they stay at and i'm the commissioner for competition in the european commission. it's not the fact that they grow because in europe you're more than welcome to be successful the question is of course what names are they using is this competition by they book the book or are they cutting corners we made a full study of e-commerce in europe bits and pieces you know had to r.'s electronics all kinds of things that we buy online and in that we found a number of things but one of the things we also found was a concern about
the media amazon amazon is also manufacturing more and more products and selling them under the amazon name and amazon will then take over the market stalls themselves will no longer be any diversity as an industry to some kind of nightmare market with jeff bezos behind every stand. it's a planned economy with someone in the middle who knows everything and can do everything on a list. it's not gone unnoticed. here for example more and more money is being spent in online trading and amazon share...
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amazon, but amazon in everything itself. when you check, "i am..." db site, when you purchase from whole food market, when you buy shoes from zapos, when you buy groceries from amazon fresh, when you buy clothes from shopbop, when you use aws and check all sites to buy online products, you're actually active in amazon and help jeff bezos get richer. when you watch a movie on netflix, you're actually helping besos, because netflix uses aws. that is why jeff bezos is the richest man in the world news tonight, a stunner from the richest man in the world. besos knows people's interests because he's well aware of their taste in choosing. in fact, bezos was one of the first people to understand that information was the most valuable thing in cybererspace and the internet. many experts believed that selling books was just the way for bezos to collect information from people. bezos now owns the information of millions of people around the world and has managed to launch amazon's warehouses. amazon warehouses store products that the
amazon, but amazon in everything itself. when you check, "i am..." db site, when you purchase from whole food market, when you buy shoes from zapos, when you buy groceries from amazon fresh, when you buy clothes from shopbop, when you use aws and check all sites to buy online products, you're actually active in amazon and help jeff bezos get richer. when you watch a movie on netflix, you're actually helping besos, because netflix uses aws. that is why jeff bezos is the richest man in...
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bryar when you join amazon in 1988 what were the revenues will rebind from amazon? >> in march, the annual report report this 1997 which the first year in gone public came out amazon did $147 million in revenue in 97. we had just gone one or $50 million if you want to call it that in the 1998 we end up doing about 650 million during the second covid 1998 the second year there public. before your co-authors bill carr. mr. cartels about your experience. >> good morning. i joined amazon in july of 1999. i joined as a product manager on what would have been the video store and at that point video storment vhs in a new format called dvd. and it merchandising about music and video and also the director of buying and merchandising for both music and video being the physical retail business which at that time was amazon's largest business globally. in 2004 it's promoted to vice president became one of the founding leaders of the digital media organization at amazon for it i would not of the next decade to found and laid amazon music, prime video and amazon studios. >> what
bryar when you join amazon in 1988 what were the revenues will rebind from amazon? >> in march, the annual report report this 1997 which the first year in gone public came out amazon did $147 million in revenue in 97. we had just gone one or $50 million if you want to call it that in the 1998 we end up doing about 650 million during the second covid 1998 the second year there public. before your co-authors bill carr. mr. cartels about your experience. >> good morning. i joined...
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amazon --to deal with they have a deal with amazon already. to ise heard from heaven an hereditary it potentially, we might see more. this is another u.k. online only retailer. he suggesting that it could be next. there is a lot of movement going on. , thatggest one of the day is our whole delay. they have a big presence in the u.s.. the u.s. things they will be hit first. europe will be hit as well. online groceries are still just a fraction of overall grocery shopping. what are the actual trend among european shoppers? >> about a fraction. but actually a bigger oppression than in the u.s.. these numbers blow my mind sometimes. if you dig into these numbers, they go into who is winning the race in e-commerce. charge,rea leads the they have something like 70% of all commerce being done electronically. the u.k. isn't far behind. they have 7% of all of their retailing, all of their spending is done online. we're seeing that the u.k. is a pretty prominent fire when it comes to online buying. they like their online purchases. spain falls lay off w
amazon --to deal with they have a deal with amazon already. to ise heard from heaven an hereditary it potentially, we might see more. this is another u.k. online only retailer. he suggesting that it could be next. there is a lot of movement going on. , thatggest one of the day is our whole delay. they have a big presence in the u.s.. the u.s. things they will be hit first. europe will be hit as well. online groceries are still just a fraction of overall grocery shopping. what are the actual...
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would get to keep it all instead so if you want to look a amazon's taxing people amazon is taxing those fifty thousand employees income tax that they pay to the state but they get to collect it not the city write down was on tax and people yet the corporation is taxing people arizona's tax lawyers yeah ok but essentially amazon not the government is taxing implying a tax yes so the boma care the pharmaceutical and drug companies insurance companies yeah the corporations were allowed to tax people individually something called obamacare so now corporations are levying taxes on people no taxation without representation where is my representation or members on stock analyst get a commensurate share of amazon stock to participate in the growth of this corporate takeover and under no obligation to fulfill this is yahoo from jeff bezos the. very he's going to marry somehow there kneeling before the load that city of half a million isn't offering any tax breaks instead it has a novel plan to give amazon special authority over how the company's taxes are spent fresno promises to funnel any taxe
would get to keep it all instead so if you want to look a amazon's taxing people amazon is taxing those fifty thousand employees income tax that they pay to the state but they get to collect it not the city write down was on tax and people yet the corporation is taxing people arizona's tax lawyers yeah ok but essentially amazon not the government is taxing implying a tax yes so the boma care the pharmaceutical and drug companies insurance companies yeah the corporations were allowed to tax...